source: BOOK/final-system/common/bash.xml @ 686839b

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Last change on this file since 686839b was 686839b, checked in by William Harrington <kb0iic@…>, 10 years ago

Add screen tags around userinput test commands and remap userinput for test commands as remap="test".

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5  %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-bash" role="wrap">
9  <?dbhtml filename="bash.html"?>
10
11  <title>Bash-&bash-version;</title>
12
13  <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash">
14    <primary sortas="a-Bash">Bash</primary>
15  </indexterm>
16
17  <sect2 role="package">
18    <title/>
19
20    <para>The Bash package contains the Bourne-Again SHell.</para>
21
22  </sect2>
23
24  <sect2 role="installation">
25    <title>Installation of Bash</title>
26
27    <para os="p1">The following patch contains updates from the maintainer. The
28    maintainer of Bash only releases these patches to fix serious issues:</para>
29
30<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&bash-branch_update-patch;</userinput></screen>
31
32    <para os="a">Prepare Bash for compilation:</para>
33
34<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin \
35    --without-bash-malloc --with-installed-readline</userinput></screen>
36
37    <variablelist os="c">
38      <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
39
40      <varlistentry>
41        <term><parameter>--with-installed-readline</parameter></term>
42        <listitem>
43          <para>This option tells Bash to use the
44          <filename class="libraryfile">readline</filename> library that is
45          already installed on the system rather than using its own readline
46          version.</para>
47        </listitem>
48      </varlistentry>
49    </variablelist>
50
51    <para os="d">Compile the package:</para>
52
53<screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
54
55    <para os="f">To test the results, issue:</para>
56
57<screen os="f2"><userinput remap="test">make tests</userinput></screen>
58
59    <para os="g">Install the package:</para>
60
61<screen os="h"><userinput>make htmldir=/usr/share/doc/bash-&bash-version; install</userinput></screen>
62
63    <para os="i">Run the newly compiled <command>bash</command> program (replacing
64    the one that is currently being executed):</para>
65
66<screen os="j" role="nodump"><userinput>exec /bin/bash --login +h</userinput></screen>
67
68    <note os="k">
69      <para>The parameters used make the <command>bash</command>
70      process an interactive login shell and continue to disable hashing so
71      that new programs are found as they become available.</para>
72    </note>
73
74  </sect2>
75
76  <sect2 id="contents-bash" role="content">
77    <title>Contents of Bash</title>
78
79    <segmentedlist>
80      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
81      <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
82
83      <seglistitem>
84        <seg>bash, bashbug, and sh (link to bash)</seg>
85        <seg>/usr/share/doc/bash-&bash-version;</seg>
86      </seglistitem>
87    </segmentedlist>
88
89    <variablelist>
90      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
91      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
92      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
93
94      <varlistentry id="bash">
95        <term><command>bash</command></term>
96        <listitem>
97          <para>A widely-used command interpreter; it performs many types of
98          expansions and substitutions on a given command line before executing
99          it, thus making this interpreter a powerful tool</para>
100          <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash bash">
101            <primary sortas="b-bash">bash</primary>
102          </indexterm>
103        </listitem>
104      </varlistentry>
105
106      <varlistentry id="bashbug">
107        <term><command>bashbug</command></term>
108        <listitem>
109          <para>A shell script to help the user compose and mail standard
110          formatted bug reports concerning <command>bash</command></para>
111          <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash bashbug">
112            <primary sortas="b-bashbug">bashbug</primary>
113          </indexterm>
114        </listitem>
115      </varlistentry>
116
117      <varlistentry id="sh">
118        <term><command>sh</command></term>
119        <listitem>
120          <para>A symlink to the <command>bash</command> program; when invoked
121          as <command>sh</command>, <command>bash</command> tries to mimic the
122          startup behavior of historical versions of <command>sh</command> as
123          closely as possible, while conforming to the POSIX standard as
124          well</para>
125          <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash sh">
126            <primary sortas="b-sh">sh</primary>
127          </indexterm>
128        </listitem>
129      </varlistentry>
130
131    </variablelist>
132
133  </sect2>
134
135</sect1>
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